FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
Volume 11 Issue 272
Santa Monica Daily Press
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Millions in stolen art recovered BY KEVIN HERRERA Editor in Chief
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY Santa Monica detectives have recovered millions of dollars worth of modern art that was stolen from a home on 12th Street earlier this month and
have two men in custody, police said Thursday. The artwork from the likes of Cy Twombly, Piet Mondrian and Franz Kline belongs to Jeffrey Gundlach, the top dog at investment management firm Doubleline Capital LP. Gundlach had offered a reward
of nearly $2 million for the safe return of the art. Several expensive watches, a gun, 40 bottles of wine worth roughly $100,000 and a Porsche Carrera 4S were also stolen. Those SEE ART PAGE 13
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Carmageddon II survival guide Officials recommend staying close to home this weekend BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
sistent score or incremental improvement in each of eight categories spelled out in City Hall’s Sustainable City Plan. Overall, independent consultant Sally
CITYWIDE Santa Monica is revving up to stay local this weekend as the Southland prepares for fall’s most anticipated sequel — Carmageddon II. Officials from the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority will begin shutting down a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405 at 7 p.m. on Friday so that workers can complete the demolition of the Mulholland Bridge, a process begun last year. The closure is scheduled to continue until 5 a.m. Monday morning, and ramps are expected to reopen by 6 a.m. The demolition is part of the 405Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project, which includes the creation of a 10-mile carpool lane on the northbound side of the 405 between Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 101. The I-405 is the busiest freeway in the nation, with approximately 500,000 drivers using the north-south passage on a given weekend, said Dave Sotero, spokesperson for the MTA. Despite bleak prognostications of motorists trapped in traffic snarls and civilians stranded without access to emergency responders, worry about the first Carmageddon fizzled with what people say were the lightest traffic loads seen in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympics. The project finished up 17 hours ahead of schedule, further alleviating traffic concerns by opening the roadways before Angelenos
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Kevin Herrera kevinh@smdp.com Larkin Hill, with CODA Automotive, demonstrates how to plug in and charge the Los Angeles-based company's electric vehicle on Thursday during the Alt-Car Expo media day at the Civic Auditorium. Those who attend the expo Friday and Saturday can test drive the latest alternative-fuel vehicles and learn more from industry experts about the future of transit. For more information, visit www.altcarexpo.com.
City remains steady in sustainability BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
MAIN LIBRARY Santa Monica’s 2012 Sustainability Report Card shows that the city is a B student with a straight-A work
ethic when it comes to its efforts to improve sustainability and provide its residents access to housing and other requirements. The Office of Sustainability and the Environment (OSE) released its sixth report card Thursday morning, and showed a con-
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